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Monday 01 June 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 1:34 pm

GARRETT-COX: DEFENSIVE

By: admindrupal

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BUSINESS “superwoman” Katherine Garrett-Cox, boss of the giant Alliance Trust, said yesterday she stuck with her focus on defensive stocks in the first quarter. She added a healthy 2.5 per cent to the fund’s assets over the quarter to £2.17bn, aided by a strategy of cutting its cash position from 10.5 per cent to 4.7 per cent.

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